Early morning of December 20th.

After having breakfast and dressing up carefully, Zhu Qiyu took the concubine, the favorite concubine, and the family neatly and neatly set out to come to the new mansion of the Marquis of Wuding.

The old Wuding Marquis Mansion was given a second room and became the Wenxin Marquis Mansion.

The new Wuding Marquis Mansion is located in Huanghuafang in Dongcheng, close to Chaoyang Gate, which was originally one of Wang Zhen's luxury mansions, and Zhu Qiyu confiscated it and transferred it to Wuding Hou as a gift of recognizing relatives.

Although Zhu Qiyu's family got up early and left early, when they arrived at the Marquis of Wuding's mansion, it was already very lively inside and out.

There are many who came earlier: Liu Chang and Zhao Xuan got up before dawn, and with three thousand guards, they surrounded the entire Hou Mansion. If you don't receive an invitation today, don't want to come in.

However, the Marquis of Wuding's Mansion set up porridge sheds and wedding banquets at the intersections of the streets farther away.

Whether it is a passing monk, a beggar on the street, or an ordinary person, they can all touch the joy of the Hou Mansion. Daming treasure banknotes, tea and snacks, porridge and steamed buns, wine, meat, vegetables and fruits, lifeless to the outside world.

Not only that, the Marquis of Wuding attaches great importance to today's happy events, and even sends warm cotton clothes to poor families, street beggars, and even warm cotton clothes.

As long as you come to say hello and congratulate, everyone can use it to their heart's content.

On the day of the great joy of the Marquis of Wuding, even if it is just a helpless beggar, you can enjoy a happy day like ordinary people during the New Year.

The emperor's cronies, nobles, and military generals came earlier than Zhu Qiyu, and those who had envoys were busy working everywhere, and those who were not envoys were drinking tea and chatting.

Chen Xun and Wang Wen were designated as the master of ceremonies for the recognition ceremony. The Duke of England, the Duke of Anguo, the Duke of Cao, and the Duke of Dingguo were the witnesses of the emperor's side; King Min, King Shu, Marquis of Chengshan, Marquis Wang Tong, and Marquis of Fuyang Li Yu were witnesses of the Marquis of Wuding.

and the eleven chief eunuchs in charge of the inner court recently promoted by the emperor, all of whom were also present and helped around.

Even the Jinyi Guard, the vast majority of generals from thousands of households and above came.

Although Zhu Qiyu usually doesn't wait to see Jinyiwei, it's hard to say anything today. After all, his father-in-law, Wuding Marquis Guo Chang, is now in charge of Jinyi Wei, Shangguan's family has a happy event, and his subordinates come to congratulate him, which is justified, even the emperor has no reason to drive people out.

There are so many people doing the work, and Guo Chang and his wife and Zhu Qiyu are the main ones today, so they don't have to worry about things, they all went to the back hall to chat with the eldest princess of Yongjia.

Today's front yard manager is Wenxin Hou Guo Cong, who is responsible for entertaining male guests. The head of the backyard is Mrs. Wenxin Hou and Concubine Xuanyi, who are responsible for receiving female guests.

Now the Marquis of Wuding and the Marquis of Wenxin have no conflict of interests, and they have become a family that loves each other again.

Zhu Qiyu pulled Lin Xiangyu into the back hall, and in the back hall sat the eldest princess Yongjia, the eldest princess Hanshan, King Min, the king of Shu, and Guo Chang and his wife. Zhu Qiyu bowed, and Lin Xiangyu kowtowed.

The eldest princess of Yongjia is the twelfth daughter of Taizu, and King Min is the eighteenth son of Taizu, and these two are compatriots. The eldest princess of Hanshan is the fourteenth daughter of Taizu.

There are only these three of Taizu's surviving children.

Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, the eleventh son of Taizu, and the eldest princess of Yongjia are also compatriots. However, he has passed away, and the king of Shu sitting here today is Zhu Chun's fifth son, Zhu Yueshao.

The eldest princess of Yongjia has persuaded the two families of King Min and King Shu to fully support the emperor.

The rest of the princes all supported the emperor.

As for why these princes were so desperate for the Emperor, Zhu Qiyu himself couldn't figure it out.

From the maternal side, Empress Dowager Sun is a concubine, and when Zhu Qizhen was born, she was definitely an undisputed concubine. Then the Sun family defeated his wife Empress Hu through extremely bad means.

It is said that if the princes want to support the eldest system, they should also support Queen Hu.

Speaking from the patrilineal line, Jianwen's lineage is orthodox. Even if the princes want to support the elder system, they should also support the Jianwen lineage.

From Taizong, Renzong, to Xuanzong and Orthodoxy, these are all chaotic ministers and thieves.

You princes shouted to support the eldest son, but at the same time unswervingly sided with Sun and Zhu Qizhen, the contradiction of this behavior and the confusion of logic are really incomprehensible.

Since it doesn't make sense, Zhu Qiyu also broke the jar.

Today, except for King Min and King Shu, the other princes are not invited, and they haven't even sent invitations.

Even the well-known King Xiang was directly ignored by Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu has already made up his mind that he will not waste even a trace of energy on persuading the vassal king. Trying to persuade the vassal king is purely to find Qishou.

If you have that energy, it's better to save more. Work hard in the spring of next year, strive to give birth to the eldest son the year after next at the latest, and let my cronies put their hearts in their stomachs as soon as possible.

The two sides chatted for most of the hour, and only when the guests arrived did they go out to the main courtyard together.

In the presence of everyone, the ceremony of confession was performed.

At the beginning, everyone who watched the ceremony was just amazed, this scene was really atmospheric: all the three children of Taizu who were alive were present, the first assistant and the second assistant presided over the ceremony, and the four princes, two princes and two princes were witnesses. The civil officials and military generals above the third rank who attended were also a large number of Wuyang, so many that they could not be counted.

Then the emperor personally accompanied the princess and kowtowed to the eldest princess of Yongjia first. That's it, after all, the eldest princess of Yongjia is the daughter of Taizu, and the eldest emperor has three generations, according to family etiquette, it is not too much to kowtow.

But the emperor's next move surprised everyone present: the emperor continued to kowtow to the princess and gave a big gift to the Marquis of Wuding and his wife.

Now no one dares to despise Wuding Marquis Guo Chang, and the emperor used the most convincing way to directly show everyone present that this confession is definitely not a joke.

There is no doubt that the emperor really took the Marquis of Wuding as the ruler of the country, and the degree of courtesy of the Marquis of Wuding ranked third among the princes of the Ming Dynasty.

Taizu must have kowtowed to his father-in-law, there is no doubt about this.

Taizong should have also kowtowed to his father-in-law, and it was not a big problem. After all, Taizong was still the king of Yan when he got married, and his father-in-law Xu Da was the Duke of Wei at the time, so it was also appropriate to kowtow.

After that, the queen's background declined, Renzong, Xuanzong, and orthodoxy, and they definitely didn't kowtow to the old father-in-law.

When he arrived at Zhu Qiyu's place, the absurdity broke out again, which greatly shocked the ministers.

However, Guo Chang and his wife were not happy, trembling after receiving the gift, the Marquis of Wuding, Mrs. Lu, while personally putting on the heirloom jade to her daughter, instructed the emperor: "Today is the day of great joy to recognize the daughter, Your Majesty's gift we will have the courage to accept it, but only this once, but not as an example." ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded, agreeing that he would only bow in the future.

Next, under the witness of the two princes of the four dukes and the two princes and all the guests present, Lin Xiangyu was officially recorded in the family tree of the Marquis of Wuding. Since then, Lin Xiangyu's official title has become Princess Guo of Qi.

At the end of the ceremony, close family members and distinguished guests went to the back hall for a small gathering, and others feasted in the front hall.

The meal was not eaten until the afternoon, and the guests dispersed one after another. Those who were fortunate enough to witness this event went back to spread the word everywhere.

So far, Princess Qi's position has been completely stabilized. And the emperor, again, won the support of a large number of people.

The emperor marries the daughter of a military general, and then forms a connection with the Xungui group through the general's relatives, which is still very different from directly marrying the daughter of the noble.

Now that the emperor is directly marrying the daughter of the Marquis of Wuding, the position of the nobles who remained neutral before has been greatly shaken.

(End of chapter)